Economic Data

Economy

12: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) 13: BENEFITS 14: BUSINESSES AND OUTPUT ( .. part one ) 15: EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS (EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS) 20: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 21: SCOTTISH PRESS / MEDIA 22: TOURISM 23: VISITOR & TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

14: BUSINESSES AND OUTPUT ( .. part one )

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

LOTHIAN	sources / notes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total no. of workplaces	(*1)	26,188	26,559	26,664	27,238	27,203	28,081
Total no. of registered enterprises	(*2)	23,635	24,065	24,160	23,920	24,265	24,070	24,205
Total no. of business sites	(*2)	27,595	27,955	28,010	27,960	28,400	28,205	28,550
% of employees in workplaces of	(*3)
different sizes :
1 to 10 employees		17.40%	16.30%	16.10%	16.10%	16.10%	15.50%
11 to 49 employees		22.40%	22.90%	22.60%	23.00%	23.00%	22.40%
50 to 499 employees		41.90%	40.90%	40.50%	38.40%	40.40%	40.10%
500 or more employees		18.20%	20.00%	20.80%	22.50%	20.40%	22.00%
New business accounts established	(*4)			3,482	3,831	3,692	3,770	3,960
with Scottish Clearing banks
Total no. of VAT registered businesses	(*5)	18,505	18,795	18,910	19,020	19,260	19,590
VAT registrations		2,115	2,030	1,905	2,095	2,175	2,110
VAT de-registrations		1,730	1,740	1,785	1,985	1,940	1,795
3 yr. survival rate for new companies	(*6)	64.50%	61.50%			67.00%
Funds under management	(*7)	351	310	294	316	325	308	533		£ billion
(Scotland-wide)
No. of top performing Scottish companies	(*8)
.. Scottish Business Insider top 100		27	25	23	22	22	21	26
.. Scottish Business Insider top 250		52	48	48	47	46	47	48
.. Scottish Business Insider top 500		90	89	81	80	81	85	91
.. 'Scotsman 250' listing : no. in top 100		28					26
Turnover -enterprises located in Lothian	(*9)	£23,292	£25,158	£25,375	£25,400	£27,123	£27,136	£28,853		£ million
Sectoral turnover	(*10)
Manufacturing sector		£6,561	£5,845	£3,922	£3,983	£3,888	£3,987			£ million
Construction sector		£1,625	£1,472	£1,545	£2,046	£1,963	£2,415			£ million
Service sector		£13,640	£15,500	£16,847	£18,281	£17,778	£19,435			£ million
Expenditure on research & development	(*11)	£211.9	£291.8	£346.9	£276.8					£ million

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SCOTLAND	sources / notes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total no. of workplaces	(*1)	164,880	165,903	165,745	168,445	168,002	172,152
Total no. of registered enterprises	(*2)	148,705	149,330	149,560	147,490	149,025	146,890	147,490
Total no. of business sites	(*2)	180,965	181,325	180,790	179,275	180,940	178,680	180,055
% of employees in workplaces of	(*3)
different sizes :
1 to 10 employees		20.30%	19.40%	19.50%	19.20%	18.90%	18.70%
11 to 49 employees		25.50%	25.40%	25.80%	25.90%	25.80%	25.60%
50 to 499 employees		37.60%	38.10%	37.50%	37.00%	38.10%	37.30%
500 or more employees		16.60%	17.10%	17.30%	17.90%	17.20%	18.40%
New business accounts established	(*4)			18,518	21,468	20,808	21,383	23,468
with Scottish Clearing banks
Total no. of VAT registered businesses	(*5)	125,640	125,935	126,615	127,280	127,145	129,175
VAT registrations		11,305	10,950	11,080	11,790	11,845	11,525
VAT de-registrations		10,615	10,655	10,395	11,130	11,980	10,160
3 yr. survival rate for new companies	(*6)	61.80%	64.30%			68.50%
Funds under management	(*7)	351	310	294	316	325	308	533		£ billion
Turnover -enterprises located in Scotland	(*8)	£158,092	£160,005	£158,067	£161,278	£177,935	£175,168	£176,962		£ million
Sectoral turnover	(*9)
Manufacturing sector		£41,069	£40,038	£34,659	£32,886	£33,593	£34,280			£ million
Construction sector		£9,788	£9,643	£9,926	£10,978	£11,924	£13,400			£ million
Service sector		£72,759	£83,810	£83,359	£87,771	£93,932	£99,498			£ million

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